Crime

Folake Sokoya Following  reliable information received from some good Nigerians,  the Anti-illegal bunkering and Anti-Pipeline Vandalism patrol, troops  of 81 Division Nigerian Army swooped in on suspected pipeline vandals at The Magboro area in Ogun state. While parading the apprehended suspects, the General Officer Commanding 81 Division, Major General Enobong Okon Udoh  told reporters that during the hours of darkness,the suspects …

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By Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa. The Bayelsa State police command, Monday, commended the Inspector General of police, Ibrahim Idris. In a press release entitled ‘creating a new crime reduction framework in Bayelsa State’ the state commissioner of police, Don Awunah described the IGP as a courageous apostle of democratic policing. Pouring encomiums on the IG, CP Awunah posited that since the …

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Folake Shokoya Two suspects who specialized in stealing mobile phones from their dates and prostitutes, after lodging them in motels, and selling same to other prostitutes have told police how they carried out the act under the guise of being prostitutes’ customers. The suspects, Semiu Obanla, 35, and David Edet, 32, both married, were arrested at an hotel in Abule-Egba, …

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The Federal Ministry of Education has trained 200 school principals in Kebbi on drug abuse prevention in their schools, to stem the tide of drug abuse among students. The Director Education Support Service Department in the ministry, Justina Ibe, said on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi during the training that the menace of drug abuse among students had become alarming. “We …

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The Senate on Thursday issued a fresh summons to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to appear before it. This time, the IG is expected to explain what the Police are doing over the spates of killings in different parts of the country. The Senate made this known in a statement signed by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media …

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Folake Sokoya The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five pipeline vandals accused of tampering with NNPC pipeline at the Ekoro area of Abule-Egba. According to the state Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, the suspects were arrested based on information received and analysed by the intelligence arm of the command. The CP said that the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) …

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Folake Sokoya A traffic robber arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command has confessed that he has stolen over 1,200 phones from Lagos commuters since he joined pickpocketing gang. The suspect, Femi Solomon, from Ogun State was arrested last Thursday by the operatives in Iyana Oworo, Lagos, after stealing a Samsung phone …

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A Lagos housewife has allegedly killed and cut off her husband’s manhood as well as ripped his stomach open in their home at Diamond Estate near Ajah Lagos. The incident happened on Thursday morning and the couple were both lawyers,married three years ago after the deceased,Otike Odibi,50, divorced his first wife. According to a statement from the Police Public Relations …

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The Ogun State Area Command, Nigeria Customs Service, has intercepted 3, 041 bags of bags of foreign rice suspected to have been smuggled, and 99 packs of Indian hemp within two weeks. The new Controller of the Command, Michael Agbara, disclosed this on Wednesday at the Idiroko. Agbara, who was flanked by other officers at the Command, also said within the …

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A journalist and former Media Adviser to Senator Theodore Orji, Don Norman Obinna, has alleged that the former Abia State Governor who is now representing the Abia Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly is after his life. Obinna, a former Associate Editor of New Telegraph Newspaper, alleged in a statement on Friday that his former boss’ son, Chinedum, is …

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